Use of chest CT-scan images to differentiate between SARS-CoV-2 infection and fat embolism: A clinical case

Agbelele, Penance; Maris, François Van; Sanguina, M.; Zerkly, Bachar; Djebara, Az-Eddine; Girard, Pierre Marie

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2020.07.071

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“…It is still unclear when the pulmonary FE findings on CT will disappear, but the time period can be estimated between two weeks and one month. In mild cases, CT abnormalities may resolve within 7 to 15 days, while in more complicated cases, they may take up to 2 months [4,25,26].…”

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Imaging Findings in Pulmonary Fat Embolism: Literature Review and Practical Aspects

Botero

2023

IJOPRS

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Fat embolism syndrome is an uncommon but potentially fatal condition associated with trauma or long bone surgery, which presents predominantly with pulmonary symptoms. While medical advances have resulted in a reduction in mortality rates, the accurate diagnosis of the condition remains challenging due to its ability to mimic other causes of respiratory distress. Since the symptoms, laboratory tests, and imaging studies are often nonspecific, the identification of fat embolism must be based on a combination of these elements. The use of pulmonary imaging techniques, particularly chest computed tomography, is crucial to the assessment of this condition. When hypoxia occurs after surgery or trauma, the presence of diffuse and well-defined ground glass opacities or centrilobular nodules on CT are highly suggestive of fat embolism. As this disorder is mainly managed via supportive measures, prevention and early identification are essential to improving patient outcomes. This review describes the main clinical and imaging aspects of pulmonary fat embolism.

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Imaging Findings in Pulmonary Fat Embolism: Literature Review and Practical Aspects

Botero

2023

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“…En las fracturas diafisarias del fémur en ocasiones es posible observar la presencia de la embolia grasa (Agbelele et al, 2020); consiste en la presencia de grasa macroscópica que se instala dentro de la vasculatura del individuo, su ocurrencia es alta cuando el paciente ha presentado traumatismos, a pesar de esto, es poco frecuente observar grasa venosa en el diagnóstico por imágenes del sitio donde se produjo el trauma (Burr et al, 2020).…”

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Fracturas apendiculares en caninos politraumatizados, complicaciones asociadas y tratamientos actuales

Pimbosa¹

2021

S. F. J. of Dev.

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La presencia de animales politraumatizados es frecuente en la práctica diaria del médico veterinario, entre las patologías óseas más frecuentes son las fracturas del esqueleto apendicular, estas pueden venir acompañadas de lesiones torácicas, abdominales, craneales y vertebrales, por lo cual, se ha planteado como objetivo de la investigación: analizar las diferentes complicaciones asociadas a las fracturas del esqueleto apendicular en caninos y los tratamientos que existen en la actualidad, para esto se recurrió a la investigación bibliográfica de diferentes bases de datos, las publicaciones científicas revisadas corresponden a los últimos cinco años; entre los temas tratados en la investigación se detallan las complicaciones asociadas a las fracturas apendiculares en caninos, elementos de osteosíntesis utilizados frecuentemente en el tratamiento de fracturas apendiculares, tratamiento cerrado u ortopédico de fracturas apendiculares, entre otros, los cuales fueron descritos en la literatura, las principales complicaciones asociadas con las fracturas apendiculares en caninos, las lesiones de otros tejidos aparte del hueso, y el abordaje radiológico mediante el uso de los diferentes elementos de fijación utilizados para tratar al paciente, de lo cual se concluye que en la actualidad los métodos a los que se recurre con mayor frecuencia para el tratamiento de fracturas apendiculares son los métodos de fijación interna, principalmente los tornillos, placas y clavos intramedulares, de estos, debido a sus ventajas, entre estas: menor agresión de partes blandas, menor tiempo quirúrgico, mínimo abordaje quirúrgico y su extracción es fácil.

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“…Another drawbacks of differential diagnosis can be expected for examination of infected children, who have either different or no manifestation than the adult patients and overall impact of COVID-19 on child ren is fortunately very mild (10). The differential diagnosis of COVID-19 can be further improved by instrumental techniques like computed tomography scan (11)(12)(13)(14). Though these instruments do not plausibly confi rm the particular disease, they make the diagnosis specifi c and they can also reveal related pathologies.…”

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COVID-19 molecular level laboratory diagnoses

Pohanka¹

2021

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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 caused not only global pandemic, but it also pointed at unprepared health care systems and countermeasures were introduced under the pressure of urgent circumstances. This review is focused on discussion and critical evaluation of instrumental tools for COVID-19 diagnosis that were developed in the last months. METHODS: Survey of actual literature and scientifi c reports was made. The most substantial analytical and diagnostical methods were identifi ed and described. Principles and limitations of the methods are described, and actual papers are cited in this review. RESULTS: Analytical and diagnostical methods like Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Loop-mediated isothermal Amplifi cation (LAMP), Lateral Flow Immunochromatography Assay (LFIA), Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), biosensors and ChemiLuminescence ImmunoAssay (CLIA) are discussed for assay of viral particles, antigens and specifi c host antibodies in blood, serum, plasma, nasopharyngeal swab and other samples in order to diagnose COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging disease that has spread over the world since the end of year 2019. The global epidemic pointed at the necessity to introduce sensitive methods for instrumental diagnosis of COVID-19 and distinguishing it from the other viral diseases.

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Use of chest CT-scan images to differentiate between SARS-CoV-2 infection and fat embolism: A clinical case

Cited by 3 publications

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Imaging Findings in Pulmonary Fat Embolism: Literature Review and Practical Aspects

Imaging Findings in Pulmonary Fat Embolism: Literature Review and Practical Aspects

Fracturas apendiculares en caninos politraumatizados, complicaciones asociadas y tratamientos actuales

COVID-19 molecular level laboratory diagnoses

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